Croatians Around Europe

Ante Rebić can't stop, won't stop! The 26-year-old Croatian striker scored again Saturday night in a 5-1 AC Milan shellacking of Bologna. With the match already 3-1 in Milan's favor in the 57th minute, Rebić took a short pass from Zlatan in the box and slammed it away with a 'no look, left-foot' rocket past the keeper for the goal. Since the restart, Rebić now has five Serie A … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXXI*

The deed has been done! Real Madrid locked up the La Liga crown Thursday night with a 2-1 victory over Villareal. Luka Modrić got the start and assisted on Real Madrid's opening goal; sliding a pass to Karim Benzema for an open shot. It is Modrić's second La Liga title with Real Madrid which goes nicely with his four Champions League trophies with the club. The man … [Read more...] about Luka Modrić & Real Madrid Are La Liga Champions Again

Mario Pašalić joined in on the fun Ante Rebić and Andrej Kramarić have been having lately in Europe with his first career hat trick Tuesday night. As you should already know, Rebić has been on absolute fire for AC Milan and Andrej Kramarić ended the Bundesliga season with four goals in a single game against Borussia Dortmund. Pašalić put three past a junk Brescia side in a 6-2 … [Read more...] about Pašalić Bags Hat Trick In 6-2 Atalanta Win

It was a slow weekend for Croatians in football as German national team and Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer stole the headlines in Croatia. Neuer (white shirt in video) is currently vacationing in Dalmacija with some of his Croatian buddies, including former Croatian water polo player, Nikša Dobud, who was part of the gold medal winning Croatia water polo team at the 2012 … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXX*

Since Serie A’s restart in June, Ante Rebić has scored four goals in five matches; with AC Milan winning every game Rebić has scored in. They only dropped points in a 2-2 draw against SPAL. Tuesday night, AC Milan came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus 4-2. And you guessed it, Rebić scored once again. AC Milan now only sit two points out of a … [Read more...] about Rebić & Vlašić Remain On Absolute FIRE!

Ivan Perišić is currently on loan from Inter Milan and probably did the least amount of (minimal) work to be part of a "double winning" Bayern Munich side this season. And what I mean by "minimal" is that Perišić was never cemented into Bayern's starting XI this season but always found himself on the scoresheet with a goal or assist; whether Bayern needed it or not. Bayern … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXIX*

Nikola Vlašić and CSKA Moscow finally woke up offensively since the Russian Premier League restarted the season on June 20th. In their previous two matches, CSKA have only managed to salvage one point while scoring zero goals. Vlašić got them out of the gutter Tuesday night in a 2-0 victory over Spartak Moscow. In the 27th minute, Vlašić hit a knuckleball from 24 cards out that … [Read more...] about Vlašić Wakes From Slumber With Brace vs. Spartak

Andrej Kramarić was booming with confidence Saturday as the 2020 Bundesliga finally came to an end. Kramarić had himself a day with four - count them one, two, three, four - goals against 2nd place Borussia Dortmund in a 4-0 win. Krama opened up his account with a perfectly curled shot from 20 yards out in the 8th minute of play. He added a tap-in goal for his second and cooly … [Read more...] about Croatians Around Europe *XXVIII*

Dejan Lovren and Liverpool are officially Premier League champions after Chelsea's 2-1 win over Manchester City Thursday night. Lovren is the first Croatian to win a top-flight English title even though he didn't star for the Reds regualrly during the 2019-20 season. Nonetheless, Lovren has had quite the run recently: 2018: World Cup Finalist 2019: Champions … [Read more...] about Lovren & Liverpool Officially Crowned English Premiership Champions